Advancing gender-transformative disaster risk reduction in Asia and the Pacific

Vera Karikari Bediako

Meet Vera Karikari Bediako, the Principal Programme Officer at the Department of Gender, Government of Ghana.

Women are coordinating and strengthening resilience networks

The Network of Women-led Organisations in Nigeria coordinates and strengthens the collaboration among members and partners, insuring the inclusion of women and girls in programs and projects.

Heat stress management and gender-sensitive heat adaptation plans in Sri Lanka

Data collection in Colombo

How can women’s leadership reduce risks and build resilience?

We asked resilience practitioners, women leaders, gender champions, and experts from around the world why diverse leadership is so important to their work

Women in rural Bangladesh pay more for rising cost of climate disasters

A new kind of drought insurance for women in Kenya’s arid rangelands

Women, low earners ‘prone to disaster-linked depression’

People living in communities affected by disasters in Sub-Saharan Africa are more likely to experience depression, with women, black Africans and low earners most susceptible, analysis suggests.

Floods in South Africa: protecting people must include a focus on women and girls

When disastrous events like floods are combined with social inequities, their effects are much greater.

Mumbai heatwave leaves fewer fish in the sea for women sellers

Integrating protective, gender-transformative and inclusive approaches into anticipatory action: snapshots from Nepal

African women to play key roles in mitigating impacts of climate change

From where I stand: “Put indigenous women and our communities at the centre of climate action”

Five examples of gender-sensitive solutions to displacement linked with climate change

Women reap the rewards of planting mangroves in Bangladesh

Gender-disaggregated data, crucial to ensuring gender-sensitive response and recovery for displaced women and girls in disaster contexts

Explainer: how gender inequality and climate change are interconnected

Preparing for CSW66: ECOWAS and UN Women organise a virtual regional consultation of West and Central Africa ministers

This news piece was originally published on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Website.